Brett Greene is a Co-Founder at Boldly Social social media and event marketing firm based in Seattle, WA and Boulder, CO. He was listed in the Forbes.com Top 35 Social Media Power Influencers of 2015, and has appeared on NBC Television as a social media expert and has been engaged in community building, marketing strategy and execution, brand development, lead generation, mentoring, and digital communication services for 20+ years.

The marketing strategies and campaigns Brett has created have driven innovation and helped to build digital brands ranging from startups to the 2010 Census Project for the City of Los Angeles and Fortune 500 companies.

Brett supports emerging technology communities by co-organizing New Tech Seattle and New Tech Eastside showcasing 10 early to late stage companies doing cool things with new technology at Seattle's two largest monthly events. He is also a Seattle Champion for Startup America, mentors Founder Institute, Startup Weekend, and Techstars companies and blogs for Social Media Today, Blind Influence and the Huffington Post.

He has spoken nationally for organizations including BlogWorld, Pod Camp, Davinci Institute, Pivot Guild, Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle Design Center, Colorado University's School of Journalism, and Denver University's Daniels College of Business MBA Program.

Entries by Brett Greene

There's a lot more to the story than the catchy headline, "We traveled to 14 cities in 6 weeks to make this 2.5 minute YouTube video," referring to the video that entrepreneur/filmmakers Tim Williams and Nic Davis recently released for the popular car2Go car-sharing service. The...

On the last EcoWatch report card our oceans received a "D" grade. This grade is based on factors including pollution, overfishing and the impacts of climate change, biodiversity, carbon storage, coastal protection, clean waters, natural products, coastal livelihoods, economies, tourism and recreation. What is most frightening...

A recent survey was conducted by PGi to report on telecommuting. Out of those surveyed, a total of 80 percent of knowledge workers (workers that do not rely on hands-on operations to conduct work) reported that there is actual benefit to working remotely. The survey discovered...

Graph Search is a new search feature Facebook has released that combines elements of Google search, Siri and Yelp glued together by your Facebook friend list. With Graph Search you'll be able to search your personal social graph to find things like which Thai restaurant most...

The latest buzz around Facebook revolves around General Motors dropping their annual Facebook advertising spend of $10mm. This news comes on the heels of weeks of speculation on whether Facebook can improve its weak position with mobile internet users to validate its pre-IPO valuation. Facebook has...

Every day we go online, read news, share on social media sites, listen to music, research everything from how to cook a recipe to how the latest health fad can slim our waistlines. Each click of the mouse as we do these things leaves breadcrumb trails of our interests, needs...

Dick Clark passed away Wednesday. My first reaction was, "Wow, Ryan Seacrest, who has idolized Dick Clark, has officially filled those shoes for younger generations." Dick Clark started with American Bandstand on the national level as Ryan Seacrest started with American Idol...

Government surveillance of citizens has been going on for decades. In fact, the most current example is John McCain's cybersecurity SECURE IT Act. The ACLU's Michelle Richardson has said of the bill, "This is a privacy nightmare that will eventually result in the military substantially monitoring...

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect as well as forces that have helped innovation on...

While many people are finding it challenging to make time to manage multiple social networks, many businesses are faced with even steeper challenges. Connecting with friends is one thing, while managing customer service, marketing, consumer experiences, research and development, community management and more through social media is a larger affair....

After writing an article on forgiving student loan debt as a way to stimulate the economy I was alerted to the fact that Robert Applebaum has a website dedicated to this cause. The following interview with Robert Applebaum takes us deeper into what millions of Americans...

The only thing that seems to be as popular as the Occupy Movement these days is bashing Netflix. A lot of this upset is warranted in how they increased prices 60%, announced splitting the company into two separate services for streaming video and DVDs, and backtracked...

All attempts so far to create economic policies to stimulate the economy have failed. The economic stimulus act of 2008 proved to be a partial success or absolute failure depending on whose opinion you agree with. Regardless of how this act affected banks like Goldman Sachs and Bank...

News and speculation about Google+ is flowing faster than the Boulder creek during this monsoon season. We're not even three full weeks into the release, you still have to receive an invite to get in, and Google+ users are already expected to hit 10...

Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission took the first steps towards creating a Do Not Track feature to allow internet users to opt-out of having companies obtain data on their online surfing habits. This mechanism is being designed in the spirit of the Do Not Call registry...

Do you remember life before fax machines, email and searching online? Do you remember making an appointment to see your doctor to get an opinion without being able to Google professional and everyday opinions on your computer first? It's like a movie you watched years ago with a plot that's...